Hailed by The New York Times as a “vibrant soprano...with a secure, appealing sound and eye- opening volume,” Rebecca Krynski Cox opens the 2026-2027 Season with a return to her highly acclaimed portrayal of Wendy in Moravec’s The shining with Hawaii Opera Theater, after having debuted the role in the co-production with Portland Opera last season. Additionally she can be heard as the Soprano soloist in Verdi’s Requiem with the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, and with York Symphony & Yakima Symphony in a concert featuring Beethoven’s Egmont Symphony and excerpts from Fidelio.

 

In recent seasons, Ms. Cox appeared as Mimì  (La bohème) with Portland Opera, Florida Grand Opera, and Knoxville Opera, Leonora (Il trovatore) with North Carolina Opera, Contessa (Le nozze di Figaro) with Indianapolis Opera & Northern Lights Music Festival, Leonore (Fidelio) with Opera Company of Middlebury, Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) with Charleston Opera Theater, Mother (Amahl and the Night Visitors) Dayton Opera, Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) Indianapolis Opera, Stella (A Streetcar Named Desire) Florida Grand Opera, and  Julie Jordan (Carousel) Indianapolis Opera. She also completed Guest Artist Residencies at the University of South Carolina and University of North Carolina Pembroke, as a recitalist, mentor, and masterclass technician.

 

On the concert stage, she was featured as the Soprano soloist in  Verdi's Requiem with Sarasota's Key Chorale, and in Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem with the Symphony Orchestra of the University of South Carolina.

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Having spent many years as a Fest and Guest Singer overseas, engagements at the Luzerner Theater in Luzern, Switzerland include Tatyana (Eugene Onegin), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) Elisabetta (Maria Stuarda), Alice Ford (Falstaff), Gretchen (Faust-Szenen), Erste Dame (Die Zauberflöte), and Raja in Dschungel, a world premiere. 

 

Joining the roster of the Metropolitan Opera in 2012, Ms. Cox sang the role of Cynthia in the workshop of Muhly’s Two Boys and joined New York City Opera to cover Amaltea in Mosè in Egitto. She made her Kentucky Opera debut as Violetta in La traviata and her El Paso Opera debut as Micaëla in Carmen.

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As an apprentice artist with the Santa Fe Opera, Ms. Cox covered the Countess in Strauss' Capriccio and Sara in the world premiere of Higdon’s Cold Mountain. As a Resident Artist at Minnesota Opera, she sang Louella Parsons in Argento’s The Dream of Valentino and covered the title role in Arabella. At Des Moines Metro Opera, Ms. Cox sang Micaëla in La tragédie de Carmen, Annina in La traviata, and the Fifth Maid in Elektra. At the Manhattan School of Music, where she was the recipient of the Mae Zenke Orvis Scholarship in Opera Studies and the Shoshana Foundation’s 2012 Richard F. Gold Career Grant, Ms. Cox performed the title role of Thaïs, Rosina in The Ghosts of Versailles, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Salud in La vida breve (de Falla), and Alice Ford in Falstaff.

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A successful competitor, Ms. Cox was a Southeastern Regional Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 2011 and 2015. Additional awards include First Place in the Eisenberg-Fried Competition, the Arthur and Mae Orvis Foundation Inc. Award in the Liederkranz Competition, and a Career Bridges Grant in 2013. Ms. Cox graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Music from the University of South Carolina. She holds a Master's in Vocal Performance from the Manhattan School of Music, where she returned for Professional Studies in Classical Voice.

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In addition to maintaining an active performance calendar, Ms. Cox serves on the Voice Faculty at the College of Charleston as an Adjunct Instructor of Voice.